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• Kia announced a recall of around 80,000
model year 2006-2012 Sedona vehicles due to a front control arm corrosion issue
that could lead to loss of control. – New York Times

5.
November 22, New York Times –
(National) Kia, Toyota, and Porsche issue recalls. Kia announced a
recall of around 80,000 model year 2006-2012 Sedona vehicles in northeastern
and midwestern States and Washington D.C. due to a front control arm corrosion
issue that could lead to loss of control. Toyota and Porsche also issued
smaller recalls for other issues. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/22/automobiles/kia-toyota-and-porsche-issue-recalls.html

• A Philadelphia man was charged with
conspiracy to commit loan and wire fraud for his alleged role in a $20 million
real estate fraud ring. – Philadelphia Business Journal See item 9 below in the Financial Services Sector

• A suspicious package that was found on a
rail car in Decatur prompted the evacuation of schools within a 5-mile radius
and the closure of roads before it was determined that it contained marijuana.
– WAFF 48 Huntsville

17.
November 21, WAFF 48 Huntsville –
(Alabama) Suspicious package at Daikin plant determined to be pot. A
suspicious package that was found on a rail car at the Daikin facility on
Highway 20 in Decatur, originating from Mexico, prompted the evacuation of
schools within a 5-mile radius, closure of the Decatur Public Library, and
closure of Highway 20 and traffic from Mallard Fox Industrial Park to the
Highway 31 river bridge before authorities gave an all-clear after inspecting
the package and determining that it contained marijuana November 21. Source: http://www.waff.com/story/24033286/suspicious-device-found-on-rail-car-in-decatur-schools-evacuated

• Police in Medford, Oregon, arrested a
suspect in connection with an attempted bombing of a district attorney’s
office. – Associated Press

11. November
21, Reuters – (National) SEC charges ex-Marvell worker in Galleon
insider-trade scheme. A former employee of Marvell Technology Group Ltd.,
agreed to pay $60,000 and be barred from serving as an officer or director of
public company to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges
on insider trading relating to the larger Galleon Group case. The SEC alleged
that the man passed nonpublic information on to a former Galleon portfolio
manager who then made illegal trades based on the information. Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-sec-galleon-tipper-idUSBRE9AK18220131121

For
another story, see item 42 below in the Information
Technology Sector

42. November
22, The Register – (International) Mystery traffic redirection attack pulls net
traffic through Belarus, Iceland. Renesys found that large amounts of
Internet traffic are being diverted through several countries in order to
perform man-in-the-middle attacks against financial services institutions,
governments, and voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/22/net_traffic_redirection_attacks/

44.
November 21, IDG News Service –
(Georgia) Company settles charges it billed mobile users for unwanted
services. Atlanta company Wise Media, its CEO, and its owner agreed to a
settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that
they authorized $10 million worth of charges to mobile users without their
consent. The two settlements include a ban against the two individuals from
charging consumers without their permission and an almost $11 million
judgement. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/112113-company-settles-charges-it-billed-276229.html

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U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer with more than 40 years in information technology and 35 years in information security. Became a Certified Information Systems Security Professional in 1995 and have taught computer security in Asia, Canada and the United States. Wrote a computer security column for 5 years in the 1980s titled "for the Sake Of Security", penname R. E. (Bob) Johnston, which was published in Computer Decisions.
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